‘Unprecedented Levels of Industry Interference’ Stalls Decisions on New Tobacco Products and Pollution at UNFCTC COP11 22/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen The Eleventh Conference of the Parties (COP) to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) concluded in Geneva on Saturday with calls to member states to take stronger action on reducing the environmental harm of tobacco use and increasing corporate liability. But political stand-offs between countries, along with industry interference, hindered major breakthroughs on […] Continue reading -> Brazil’s Tropical Forest Protection Fund Launches with $6.6 Billion — Will It Work? 22/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Brazil’s tropical forest fund aims to be the largest global financial instrument of its kind. But as COP30 enters its final hours, $6.6 billion raised so far falls well short of its $25 billion target. Although that is still considerably more than other climate funding mechanisms, the unique structure of this fund as an interest-generating […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Raises $11.4 Billion, Including $4.6 Billion From United States 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The United States pledged $4.6 billion to the Global Fund during its eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday – a reduction from its previous pledge of $6 billion, but also an indication that it has not abandoned all multilateral global health efforts. The Global Fund has now raised $11,4 billion of its […] Continue reading -> South Africa May Be Excluded From Future US Grants for HIV Amid Political Row 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) government has not sought a meeting with South Africa to discuss the resumption of its HIV grant, and it won’t supply the country with the long-acting HIV prevention medication, lenacapavir, amid a deepening political row between the two countries. While US Ambassadors throughout the continent have initiated meetings with African Health […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk 20/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund (GF) has only raised $4 billion of its $18 billion budget for the next three years – so much is riding on its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday (21 November) as it seeks the balance to advance progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The United States has been […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Brazil’s Tropical Forest Protection Fund Launches with $6.6 Billion — Will It Work? 22/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Brazil’s tropical forest fund aims to be the largest global financial instrument of its kind. But as COP30 enters its final hours, $6.6 billion raised so far falls well short of its $25 billion target. Although that is still considerably more than other climate funding mechanisms, the unique structure of this fund as an interest-generating […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Raises $11.4 Billion, Including $4.6 Billion From United States 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The United States pledged $4.6 billion to the Global Fund during its eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday – a reduction from its previous pledge of $6 billion, but also an indication that it has not abandoned all multilateral global health efforts. The Global Fund has now raised $11,4 billion of its […] Continue reading -> South Africa May Be Excluded From Future US Grants for HIV Amid Political Row 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) government has not sought a meeting with South Africa to discuss the resumption of its HIV grant, and it won’t supply the country with the long-acting HIV prevention medication, lenacapavir, amid a deepening political row between the two countries. While US Ambassadors throughout the continent have initiated meetings with African Health […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk 20/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund (GF) has only raised $4 billion of its $18 billion budget for the next three years – so much is riding on its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday (21 November) as it seeks the balance to advance progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The United States has been […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Fund Raises $11.4 Billion, Including $4.6 Billion From United States 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The United States pledged $4.6 billion to the Global Fund during its eighth Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday – a reduction from its previous pledge of $6 billion, but also an indication that it has not abandoned all multilateral global health efforts. The Global Fund has now raised $11,4 billion of its […] Continue reading -> South Africa May Be Excluded From Future US Grants for HIV Amid Political Row 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) government has not sought a meeting with South Africa to discuss the resumption of its HIV grant, and it won’t supply the country with the long-acting HIV prevention medication, lenacapavir, amid a deepening political row between the two countries. While US Ambassadors throughout the continent have initiated meetings with African Health […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk 20/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund (GF) has only raised $4 billion of its $18 billion budget for the next three years – so much is riding on its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday (21 November) as it seeks the balance to advance progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The United States has been […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
South Africa May Be Excluded From Future US Grants for HIV Amid Political Row 21/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States (US) government has not sought a meeting with South Africa to discuss the resumption of its HIV grant, and it won’t supply the country with the long-acting HIV prevention medication, lenacapavir, amid a deepening political row between the two countries. While US Ambassadors throughout the continent have initiated meetings with African Health […] Continue reading -> Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk 20/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund (GF) has only raised $4 billion of its $18 billion budget for the next three years – so much is riding on its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday (21 November) as it seeks the balance to advance progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The United States has been […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Global Fund Seeks $14 Billion at Replenishment Summit – With Progress Against HIV, TB and Malaria at Risk 20/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan JOHANNESBURG – The Global Fund (GF) has only raised $4 billion of its $18 billion budget for the next three years – so much is riding on its Replenishment Summit in Johannesburg on Friday (21 November) as it seeks the balance to advance progress against HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. The United States has been […] Continue reading -> European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
European Commission Moves to Ease AI Rules as WHO Warns of Patient Risks due to Regulatory Vacuum 19/11/2025 Felix Sassmannshausen Technological advances in Artificial Intelligence applications for healthcare are quickly outpacing regulatory and ethical safeguards, creating a dangerous gap in patient safety, warns a milestone report on AI in Health Systems, published Wednesday by the World Health Organization’s European Region (WHO/EURO). Paradoxically, the WHO’s urgent call for tighter AI regulation coincided with a far-reaching European […] Continue reading -> One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
One in Three Women Globally Has Faced Intimate Partner or Sexual Violence During their Lifetime 19/11/2025 Disha Shetty Nearly 840 million women, or roughly one in every three globally, has experienced intimate partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark report released on Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and six other United Nations (UN) partner agencies. In the past 12 months alone, 11% or 316 million women who […] Continue reading -> World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
World Falls Far Short of Methane Cut Targets Halfway to 2030 Deadline 18/11/2025 Stefan Anderson First UN assessment since the 2021 Glasgow pledge shows methane cuts falling far short of targets needed to meet climate goals. Accelerated action could yield $330 billion in annual benefits by 2030 through improved health and reduced crop losses. Four years after more than 100 countries pledged to slash methane emissions 30% by the end […] Continue reading -> Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Former DOGE Official Driving US Bilateral Health Agreements With African Countries 17/11/2025 Kerry Cullinan The United States government is moving rapidly to secure Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) with African countries that offer limited health aid for five years in exchange for 25 years’ access to countries’ data about “pathogens with epidemic potential”. Some commentators have described the terms of the bilateral MOUs as “extractive” as they fail to offer […] Continue reading -> Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts
Health Systems Are Unprepared for The Climate Crisis 14/11/2025 Stefan Anderson Nations worldwide must finance and implement climate adaptation measures for health systems or risk losing millions of lives as extreme weather, rising temperatures, and intensifying heat threaten healthcare access for nearly half the global population, according to a report published Friday by the World Health Organization and Brazil. The special report, released at the COP30 […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts